Ghurak, King of Sughd

غورك ملك السغد

Ghurak, king of Sughd; he summoned the Shash king's aid and was broken, then truced at two hundred and two thousand yearly, prepared the food Qutayba ate, and let him pray and build a mosque in the city.

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The Umayyad Period
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Qutayba's Conquest of Samarqand

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al-Dahhak ibn Muzahim· قتيبة بن مسلم الباهلي· Samarqand· Qutayba's Conquest of Samarqand

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  • Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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al-Dahhak ibn Muzahim

Al-Dahhak ibn Muzahim al-Hilali, Khurasan's exegete; met Sa'id ibn Jubayr at Rayy and wrote down tafsir from him.